AICPA Benevolent Fund Available to Help AICPA Members Through Financial Difficulty

The AICPA Benevolent Fund was established in 1933 by members of the American Institute of CPAs for the purpose of assisting AICPA members through temporary periods of financial difficulty. The Fund provides assistance with meeting daily subsistence (living) expenses, and medical and prescription expenses that exceed insurance coverage brought about by serious illness, an accident, or the death of the primary source of family income.

Types of Assistance Available

  • Temporary monthly living expenses1
  • Temporary monthly medical, mental and prescription expense payments that exceed insurance coverage1
  • Medicare or other health insurance premiums
  • Most medically necessary services for dependent children (under age 21)
  • One-time Emergency Grants
  • Other, as deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees

Evaluation Process

  • Financial assistance grants are provided on a case-by-case basis depending on financial need and circumstances surrounding that need.
  • Grant recipients shall exhaust all sources of income available before receiving aid from the Benevolent Fund.
  • Grant recipients shall first seek all publicly available sources of support.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Fund Administrator at 866-527-2228 or accessing the application below.

Download the Benevolent Fund Application

Contribute to the Benevolent Fund

1The maximum monthly assistance amount and duration of receipt shall be determined by the Fund's Trustees on a semi-annual basis.

Published on 05/11/2009 in Business & Industry, People Management, Practice Management, Public Practice

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